Forest of Dean     At Bunjups Wood 6+ Hawfinches and two Ravens. At Symonds Yat two female Peregrines and a male Peregrine, four Ravens and a 2cy male Goshawk. At Ruardean 40+ Crossbills. (Rob Husbands).

Saul Warth     Two adult SPOONBILLS at 10:40am. (MK).

Spoonbills by Mike King

Frampton     Three Sand Martins high over Court Lake at midday. (Mike Davis). From Splatt Bridge this morning 11 Redshanks, 18 Curlews, two Little Egrets, 16 Shelducks, a singing Skylark, two Chiffchaffs and a Buzzard. (Sue Beynon).

Shepherd’s Patch     In the fields N of Patch Bridge two Common Cranes a flock of Fieldfares with Redwings, nine Curlews, two Stock Doves and a Roe Deer. (Sue Beynon).

Cotswold Water Park West    At Shorncote this evening a Barn Owl, two Egyptian Geese, a Little Egret, a Snipe, two Shovelers, two Teal, four Gadwalls, eight Tufted Ducks, small flocks of Fieldfares and Redwings and Long-tailed Tits and a Cetti’s Warbler heard. (Bruce Kettle).

Ashleworth Ham    50+ Greylags, ten Mute Swans, many Teal and Wigeon, four Lapwings, six Shovelers, ten Pintails, two Tufted Ducks, four Oystercatchers, c40 Redwings and a Chiffchaff. (Pete Jones).

Coombe Hill Meadows    A Pochard, five Curlews, eight Snipe, six Dunlins, five Ruff, four Redshanks, 60+Black-tailed Godwits and 20+ Lapwings today. (Les Ditchburn).

Stinchcombe Hill     A Crossbill over this morning. (James Robinson).

Chavenage Lane area     Six Stonechats and a Red Kite with a road kill pheasant which it dropped when attacked by a crow and then a Buzzard. (Terry Grant).

Red Kite by Terry Grant

Frampton    The two adult SPOONBILLS flew in to the flashes N of Splatt Bridge at 2:25pm today. (Gordon Kirk). 34 Curlews, 17 Redshanks, a Bar-tailed Godwit and five Dunlins at Splatt flashes this morning. (Gordon Hodgson). At the pools three Sand Martins at 12:50pm. Also a singing Chiffchaff, a male Goldeneye, two male Pochards, 106 Tufted Ducks and 25 Redwings. (Nick Goatman). The roosting Tawny Owl still at Court field. (Clare Glanville).

Saul Warth     Nine Black-tailed Godwits, 17 Gadwalls and a Sand Martin this morning. (Gordon Hodgson).

Roel Gate     Up to 100 Golden Plovers circling the fields and a singing Corn Bunting. (Ali Clifton Barnard).

Coombe Hill Meadows     84 Black-tailed Godwits this morning. (Duncan Dine).

Kingswood     A Little Egret in the garden stream then flew around to Tubbs Factory. Also a Dipper, a Grey Wagtail and a Siskin on the feeder. (Tom McCarthy).

Stroud     3000+ Jackdaws roosted at Stratford Park and in trees behind the Premier Inn at 6:15pm. An OTTER ran across Dr Newtons Way this evening at 11:45pm between the canal and the River Frome, just after the footway entrance to Waitrose. (Mike Cook).

Stonehouse    A pair of Dippers on the Frome near Beard’s Mill at 5:30pm. A Grey Heron at the Ocean. A Treecreeper in the copse opposite Wycliffe. (Paul Sutton).

Dippers by Paul Sutton

Robinswood Hill     This afternoon male and female Bullfinch displaying, a Treecreeper, 44 Redwings, a Green Woodpecker, eight Long-tailed Tits, five Chaffinches and two Jays. (John Fletcher).

Treecreeper by John Fletcher

Frampton     A Sand Martin early morning only over Splatt flashes. Also also 16 Redshanks, 34 Curlews and two Mandarin(Gordon Hodgson). Later two adult SPOONBILLS on the flashes until 12:15pm when they flew towards WWT. Also a Little Egret, 60 Curlews and 30 Dunlins over the river. (MK).

Spoonbills by Mike King

Coombe Hill Meadows     This evening birds included two Mute Swans, ten Canada Geese, four Shelducks, c400 Wigeon, 200+ Teal, 74+ Pintails, 88+ Shovelers, a Pochard, 25 Tufted Ducks, a Grey Heron, 14 Little Egrets, a Grey Heron, three Great Crested Grebes, ten Coots, two Oystercatchers, 48 Lapwings, a Dunlin, five Ruff (4m, 1f), 55 Black-tailed Godwits, a Redshank and four Curlews came into roost. (Mike Smart).

Halmore     Garden birds today included a male Siskin and a female Lesser Redpoll. (Chris Newton).

Siskin by Chris Newton

Dymock     A male Siskin in the garden today. (Nick Fairburn).

Siskin by Nick Fairburn

Bourton-on-the-Water     A Sparrowhawk and a Red Kite this afternoon near Birdland. (Ben & Rebecca Hilder).

Cheltenham     At Naunton Park, a garden Stock Dove, 3rd record in 35+ years. A Great Spotted Woodpecker drumming near the playing field and four Blackcaps singing around the area. (Steve Brown).

Frampton     A SAND MARTIN at Splatt Bridge late afternoon. (Gordon Hodgson).

Quedgeley     A hirundine over Hardwicke Farm at 3:15pm, going N, a bit distant presumably Sand Martin. A Little Egret on Dimore Brook still today. (Paul Masters).

Stonehouse     A Dipper on the River Frome at 11:30am. Also two Green Sandpipers, two Grey Wagtails and a Treecreeper. (MK).

Dipper by Mike King

Tewkesbury    Two Little Egrets adjacent to Morrison’s car park/flood alleviation area this morning. (Les Ditchburn).

Cotswold Water Park West     Two Egyptian Geese in a field behind a barn just past the village hall on the side road between Somerford Keynes and Coke’s Pit, not the main road, at 4pm. (Ken Heron). A Peregrine on a church this morning. (Chris Snook).

Peregrine by Chris Snook

Frampton     A CACKLING GOOSE with Canada Geese and Greylags on the flashes N of Splatt Bridge this morning until 11:15am at least. Also a Bar-tailed Godwit, 48 Curlews, 11 Redshanks and Cattle Egret this morning. A Treecreeper in the hedge at Saul Warth. (Gordon Hodgson/MK).

Cackling Goose by Mike King

Two adult SPOONBILLS circled the Sailing Lake at 10:40am. (MK).

Spoonbills by Mike King

Kingswood    A Red Kite over early morning. (Tom McCarthy/Rachel Howego).

Stonebench    This morning a drake Goldeneye flew upriver at high tide. Also c20 Fieldfares and c40 Redwings. (Mike Teesdale).

Tewkesbury     A Kingfisher flew up stream from Abbey Mill. (Les Ditchburn).

Quedgeley     A Little Egret back on Dimore Brook this morning. (Paul Masters).

Stonehouse/Eastington area     Two Little Egrets and three Grey Herons in the field below Bond’s Mill. Another Grey Heron, two Grey Wagtails and a Dipper on River Frome at the Churchend end of Millend Lane. Another Dipper at Millend Row and a third Dipper singing at Beard’s Mill. A male Blackcap singing at The Ocean and 40 Redwings in several small flocks. At least 100 Pied Wagtails at Stanley Downton Sewage Works. (Nigel Birch). Along the canal opposite Wycliffe college a Treecreeper, a Grey Heron and a female Sparrowhawk. A Goshawk high over Leonard Stanley later. (Paul Sutton).

Edge     Mid Afternoon to twilight four Bullfinches, a Grey Wagtail, two Pied Wagtails, a Green Woodpecker, three Song Thrushes, 14 Redwings, four Chaffinches, two Red-legged Partridges, 70+ Jackdaws and a Buzzard. (John Fletcher).

Forest of Dean    15 Siskins and 13 Lesser Redpolls at the garden feeder today at May Hill. (Rob & Gillian Guest).

Cotswold Water Park West     A Barn Owl at Shorncote this evening. (Chris Snook).

Barn Owl by Chris Snook

Horsley     A Barn Owl hunting rough ground adjacent to Pyke Quarry re-cycling centre late afternoon. (Jake King).

Maisemore     92 Shelducks on the River Leadon flood near Maisemore this morning. Also two Shovelers and two Oystercatchers. (Andy Jayne).

Cheltenham     A female Alexandrine Parakeet in the garden in Bishop’s Cleeve today. (Andy Oliver).

Alexandrine Parakeet by Andy Oliver

WWT Slimbridge    A 2cy BONAPARTE’S GULL early evening, bathed and preened for c20 mins, then flew out to the Severn with a flock of Black-headed Gulls. (Martin McGill).

Frampton     The two adult SPOONBILLS that have been touring the Vale turned up late morning on Splatt flashes N of Splatt Bridge and were present until 12:45pm at least. Also a Bar-tailed Godwit again. (Mike Davis/MK). Around the pools three Goldeneye (2 adult males & 1 juv male), eight singing male Blackcaps, two Oystercatchers, two Cettis Warbler, eight Siskins, a pair of Stonechats, a Water Rail, a Grey Partridge, 66 Redwings, two Fieldfares, 18 Yellowhammer and 11 Reed Buntings. (Nick Goatman).

Saul Warth     Four Oystercatchers, a Little Egret, a Rock Pipit, two Chiffchaffs, three Ravens and two Buzzards this morning. (MK).

Awre     An adult summer MEDITERRANEAN GULL this afternoon. (Lewis Thomson).

Mediterranean Gull by Lewis Thomson

Alvington    An adult and an immature Goshawk soaring over Clanna Country Park today. (Paul Woolams).

Goshawk by Paul Woolams

Goshawk by Paul Woolams

Quedgeley    Along Lower Rea today and the canal path to Rea bridge three Buzzards, two Ravens, a Kingfisher heard by the river, six Cormorants, ten Pheasants, three Song Thrushes in song, a Blackcap, a Green Woodpecker, two Great Spotted Woodpeckers, nine Moorhens and a Canada Goose. Also a OTTER seen in the Severn dragging a large fish to the opposite bank. (Steve Pullen).

Otter by Steve Pullen

Salperton     Beside the B4068/A436 down towards Salperton 144 Red-legged Partridges, two Red Kites, six Yellowhammers and three Grey Partridges. (Ken Heron & Jenny Jones).

Ashleworth Ham    Two male Goldeneyes displaying today. (Rob Lewis).

Fairford     This morning two Oystercatchers flew in, calling, and landed in the flood meadow on the NW edge of Fairford beside the Coln. (John Durell).

Dursley     A Red Kite over Rockstowes at noon. (Phil Pope).

Stratton     A Red Kite flew over this afternoon. (Ken Cservenka).

Stonehouse     In a copse between the Sports Ground and the A419 two Great Spotted Woodpeckers and a Treecreeper. A Cetti’s Warbler calling at The Ocean. Three Dippers at Beard’s Mill, on the River Frome between Bond’s Mill and Beard’s Mill and at Millend Lane. A Chiffchaff singing near Eastington Park and one at Millend Row, also two in a hedgerow alongside the stream at SO786050. Two Grey Wagtails at Millend Row, three Little Egrets in a field near Beard’s Mill and one flying over near Eastington Park. Ten Redwings at Meadow Bridge, Eastington and a Cormorant near Millend Lane. (Nigel Birch). A Cetti’s Warbler singing near Downton bridge this morning. (Simon Spedding/Paul Sutton). At Ryeford a Kingfisher, a pair of Great Spotted Woodpeckers, a Jay, a Cormorant and a Buzzard. (Paul Sutton).

Cheltenham   Two Ravens in trees near Cheltenham Railway Station and a Comma butterfly seen in the Griffiths Avenue nature reserve this afternoon. (Keith White). At 11:15am, two parakeets flew quickly over Benhall, headed W. (David Norman).

Lydney     At Rodmore Mead, Lydney New Grounds a Grey Heron, three Buzzards, a Sparrowhawk, 12 Lapwings, a Stock Dove, a Great Spotted Woodpecker, c250 Starlings, c50 Black-headed Gulls, two Lesser Black-backed Gulls, two Common Gulls and a Green Sandpiper in Stockwell Brook at SO619010. (Barrie Mills).

Aylburton Warth     At Warth Brook a Grey Heron, three Redshanks, two Ravens, two Meadow Pipits, 6+ singing Skylarks and c50 Black-headed Gulls. (Barrie Mills).

Cotswolds     A LONG-EARED OWL found today but flew off into nearby woods. (Jamie Warren).

Long-eared Owl by Jamie Warren

Gloucester     A Goshawk circling near the cathedral this morning. Also two Peregrines. (Gareth Jones). Three pairs of Buzzards today at 12:20pm between Telford’s Bridge and the railway line. (Robert McAllister).

Cleeve Hill     This morning a Marsh Tit just above Prestbury and a MERLIN was panicking the Skylarks at the Iron Age fort. (Jeremy Squire).

Frampton     At the pools four Goldeneyes (3m), four singing Blackcaps, a Cetti’s Warbler, two Oystercatchers, 89 Tufted Ducks, two Gadwalls, 12 Mallards, 68 Greylags, seven Canada Geese and a Raven. (Nick Goatman). On Splatt flashes five Little Egrets and a Cattle Egret at 11:27am. In the ridged field next to 100-Acre a WATER PIPIT and two Common Cranes further down the canal. Two BRENT GEESE (subspecies not noted) flew from the Slimbridge area and then returned there. (Ken Heron).

Minchinhampton     40 Golden Plovers flew low over the Common this evening. (Rich Hearn).

Chavenage/Star Farm area     c40 Bramblings, predominantly males, feeding in a ploughed field with 30+ Chaffinches. Also 25+ Buzzards. (Terry Grant).

Coombe Hill Meadows     This morning two Mute Swans, three Shelducks, 520+ Wigeon, five Gadwalls, 300+ Teal, ten Mallards, 68+ Pintails, 69+ Shovelers, 25 Tufted Ducks, a Great Crested Grebe, a Grey Heron, ten Coot, two Oystercatchers, 40 Lapwings, two Dunlins, five Ruff (3m, 2f), a Great Spotted Woodpecker drumming, a Chiffchaff singing and at least four Reed Buntings singing. (Mike Smart).

Cobney Meadows     25 Shelducks, 80 Wigeon, 100 Teal, 30 Pintails, ten Shovelers, a Grey Heron, five Coots, three Oystercatchers, 11 Curlews and a calling Little Owl. (Mike Smart).

Sharpness area    Four Grey Plovers, four Oystercatchers, three Curlews, three Little Egrets, four Shelducks and a Green Sandpiper today. (Caspar & Luke Hambling).

Stonehouse     At Bridgend this morning a pair of Goldcrests near the old Wycliffe boat house, a pair of Grey Wagtails at the double lock and another pair at the weir on the Frome, off the cycle track, a Treecreeper with a small mixed tit flock and a Great Spotted Woodpecker over. At Stanley Downton, three Buzzards, three Cormorants, a Great Spotted Woodpecker, a Green Woodpecker, six Roe Deer and a Small Tortoiseshell butterfly. This afternoon in Beard’s Mill field two Green Sandpipers, a Dipper, a Buzzard, a Green Woodpecker calling, a Cormorant and a female Sparrowhawk. (Paul Sutton).

Duntisbourne Rouse      A Cattle Egret reported near the Saxon church. (Bernard Jackson).

Frampton     On Splatt flashes 117 Curlews, 15 Redshanks, a Bar-tailed Godwit, 13 Little Egrets, a Cattle Egret, a Goosander and two SPOONBILLS flew S, five more Little Egrets at Saul Warth. (Gordon Hodgson).

Spoonbills by Gordon Hodgson

Coombe Hill Meadows     This morning from the Grundon hide 100+ Pintails, 100+ Wigeon, 70+ Shovelers and 300+ Teal. Also 20+ Tufted Ducks, a Great Crested Grebe, 40+ Lapwings, three Dunlins, four Redshanks, six Ruff, a Peregrine and a Goshawk over. Along the canal path c50 Fieldfares and Redwings, a Reed Bunting, a pair of Bullfinches and a Kingfisher. (Mark Longland).

Bishops Cleeve     An Alexandrine Parakeet at 4:45pm on Amber Road. (Mark Longland).

Alexandrine Parakeet by Mark Longland

Forest of Dean    A Red Crested Pochard on Woorgreens Lake today. (Rob Mellors). At Hewelsfield 11 Buzzards in a large field just off Hewelsfield Road today and a Goshawk at midday flew N over Barnage Lane. (Paul Woolams). A drake Wood Duck with Mandarins at Cannop ponds today. (Martin Vaisey).

Stonehouse/Eastington     A Little Egret in a field below Bond’s Mill. Three Redwings flying over at the Ocean. A Raven calling at Beard’s Mill. Four Siskins in trees fringing the Rive Frome at Meadow Mill, Eastington SO779060. (Nigel Birch/Martin Wright). From Eastington to Stanley Downton Sewage Works along the River Frome two Grey Wagtails, five Chiffchaffs, a Kingfisher, two Little Egrets, four Buzzards and a Cormorant. A second hand report of a pair of Lesser Spotted Woodpecker at Pike Bridge this morning. (Bob Hindle). Near Beard’s Mill a Little Egret, a Grey Heron, a Green Woodpecker calling, two Green Sandpipers, a pair of Grey Wagtails, 11 Buzzards, a Cormorant over, a Dipper at the weir, a Raven and a male Kestrel. (Paul Sutton).

Grey Wagtail by Paul Sutton

Dipper by Paul Sutton

Cheltenham     At Naunton Park, the first garden Chiffchaff of the year and another singing nearby. A singing Blackcap and five Common Gulls on the playing field. (Steve Brown).

Barrow Wake     c80 Golden Plovers in a field behind Barrow Wake today. (Chris Moore).

Sharpness      Two adult SPOONBILLS flew over N at 9:04am. (Andy Jordan).

Gloucester     Two BLACK REDSTARTS (1m, 1f/imm) on the Cathedral and a Sparrowhawk on Lady Chapel. (Paul Clark).

Frampton     A MEDITERRANEAN GULL briefly on the river amongst Black-headed Gulls this morning. Also 70+ Curlews and a pair of Oystercatchers. (Gordon Hodgson). An adult drake Goldeneye on the Sailing Lake and a pair of Oystercatchers on Court Field (possibly the same pair). (MK).

Priding     45 Wigeon, a Shelduck, a Little Egret, a Lapwing and 200+ Common Gulls mid-morning. (MK).

Hawling    At Larkhill Farm 40 Redwings, 20 Fieldfares, 20+ Yellowhammers, four Skylarks and a Brambling today. (Dave Clarke).

Stonehouse     At Stanley Downton Sewage Treatment Works four Green Sandpipers, three Jays, two Grey Wagtails, four Chiffchaffs, two Buzzards, 12 Chaffinches, 15 Dunnocks, 30+ Redwings, 30+ Pied Wagtails, a Treecreeper, a Goldcrest, a Grey Heron, a Cormorant, ten Wrens, ten Goldfinches, six Long-tailed Tits and two Meadow Pipits. (Alan Jones).

Cirencester    Four Woodcocks flushed in a plantation near the horse guard seats in Cirencester woods. (Colin Knight).

Nailsworth     At least 12 Lesser Redpolls in the garden this morning. (Terry Grant).

Frampton     Two PALE-BELLIED BRENT GEESE on the flashes N of Splatt Bridge at 10am. At 10:20am they flew down onto the River Severn and out of view. (MK). Earlier a male MERLIN, a Peregrine, a Little Egret, 20+ Curlews and two Snipe. (Gordon Hodgson/MK).

Pale-bellied Brent Geese by Mike King

On the Sailing Lake at 9am two Goldeneyes. (MK). On Court Lake a pair of Oystercatchers today. (Nick Goatman/Martin Price).

Siddington     A Red Kite over this morning at 8:20am. (Richard Williams).

Rodborough     A Red Kite over at 2:30pm heading W. (Giles Diggle).

Coombe Hill Meadows     Three Curlews and five Oystercatchers at midday today. (Graham Smith). This evening two Mute Swans, 16 Greylags, 20+ Canada Geese, 463 Wigeon, two Gadwalls, 100+ Teal, 61 Pintails, 48 Shovelers, 17 Tufted Ducks, a Pochard, a Grey Heron, two Oystercatchers and a Snipe. (Mike Smart).

Bourton-on-the-Water     The first Curlew returned today. (Keith Jennings). 12 Little Egrets by Bourton Equestrian Centre this morning. (Duncan Dine).

Forest of Dean     A pair of Siskins and a pair of Bullfinches at Lydbrook this morning. (Wes Hayfield).

Bullfinches & Siskins by Wes Hayfield